Congregational minutes, 1786-1791

Metadata

Title

Creator

First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1786/1791

Digital Identifier

ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791

Description

Congregational minutes include dates of meetings, members present, and business conducted from 1786 to 1791. Topics include but are not limited to: baptism, admission, exclusion, readmission, and transfer of members; discipline for drinking, fraud, or holding to the doctrine of universal salvation; building construction and repairs; management of the burial ground; election of deacons; income from legacies, donations, pew money and burial money; and relief for the poor, including widows and orphans.

Subject

First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Church records and registers

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

American Baptist Historical Society

Extent

82 pages

Format (Original)

Minutes (Records)

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

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IIIF Manifest

https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791/manifest

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Collection

First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Congregational minutes, 1786-1791,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed December 3, 2024, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791.